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The lads over at TheTechLounge have put up their thought on the HTC P3450 Touch Smartphone. The HTC Touch seemed to bring in a possitive feel for its excellent call quality, attractive looks, accessories galore in the box, and that TouchFLO is just darned fun to use. Not all was perfect however the unit was hampered by its small screen, lack of keyboard, wird SD card positioning, and hefty price tag.Quote: Timing is everything. The HTC Touch was introduced on June 5th of last year, 24 days before the first iPhone launched in the US. The device bears great similarity to its cousin from Cupertino, from the simple, largely button-free hardware to an overall focus on operation with the fingers. Although the two devices look like they share some blood, I think that the Touch is special in its own right.HTC has put a great deal of thought into the design of the Touch, inside and out. They’ve written an entire UI modification suite that actually works the way it should, which is more than can be said for most manufacturers’ efforts in this area. At the end of the day, however, you may just have to look at what you need from a “smartphone,” because the Touch is definitely a different kind of Windows Mobile phone than what you’ve come to expect. That may be a good thing, though. Read the full review of the HTC Touch Smartphone @ thetechlounge
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August 13th, 2008
slashdot has posted a burb about the possbile cause of 3G issues on the new iPhone.Quote:”Richard Windsor of Nomura published a research note… Tuesday singling out the iPhone 3G’s chipset, made by Infineon, as the probable culprit for the reception problems we reported on Monday. The dropped calls, service interruptions, and abrupt network switches experienced by iPhone 3G users reminded Windsor of similar complaints five years ago, when 3G phones were first launched in Europe. ‘We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain that Infineon is the 3G supplier,’ Windsor wrote. ‘This is not surprising as the Infineon 3G chipset solution has never really been tested in the hands of users. Some people will not experience these problems as it is only in areas where the radio signal weakens that the immaturity of the stack really shows.’”Read: Infineon chipset possible cause of iPhone 3G issues
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August 13th, 2008
It looks like pocketables.com has just outed their review of the smallest-screened Centrino Atom device running Windows Vista in the world. Yep, the Willcom D4 (Sharp WS016SH). The 40GB slide-and-tilt UMPC may need a good importer as it is Asia bound but is the 1-pound UMPC worth the premium import price (about $1500 new, $1200 used)?OS: Windows Vista Home Premium CPU: 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 Chipset: Intel US15W, GMA500 RAM: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM (soldered onto motherboard) Storage: 40GB HDD (1.8” Toshiba MK4009GAL, 4200 rpm) Expansion: MicroSD card slotDisplay: 5” touchscreen (1024 x 600, 262K colors, LED-backlit)Wireless: 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (1Seg TV tuner & phone functions work in Japan only) Camera: 2 megapixels Size: 7.4” x 3.3” x 1.0” Weight: 1 lb. (with standard battery) Check out pocketables Review: Willcom D4 (Sharp WS016SH)
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August 13th, 2008
No much in the way of details but according the info you add a dash of salt in the water is all that’s needed for the clock to harvest energy and operate. From the website:This new clock has a set of metal electrodes inside that extracts energy from the compound particles that reside in water. It uses water (and a dash of salt) and turns it into energy to power the clock. Sooo it’s like a chubby AA battery then. Not bad for $16 I guess.http://www.bedolwhatsnext.com/clocks-waterpowered-clock-c-89_199.html
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August 6th, 2008
OK…wow. Slashdot always has something I like, once I sift through the venomous MS hating Tux worshiping articles…lol (just kiddin slashdot kids…sorta.) From the project page: To understand the Warcart requires one understand a bit of history first. Wardriving, that is, driving with a laptop computer and tracking WiFi access points, first became popular around 2001. Within a short time span, people invented warwalking, and millions flocked to walk the streets with a laptop and WiFi card in hand. Then the craze really took off when someone flew a Cessna airplane with a laptop and became the first warflyer. Within no time at all, the press and every tech blog on the internet was covering the latest war-something. There was warrocketing, warballooning, warbiking, and warboating. There were talks and seminars. News stories and blog posts. Television reports and radio shows. All about the latest in WiFi tracking. It soon became apparent to the larger community that most of these methods are highly elitist. Here are car-driving, personal-plane-owning, leisure-hot-air-ballooning, yachting aficionados armed with laptop computers. What the world needed was a low-cost, yet powerful alternative. And thus, (mostly as a joke and for reasons that will be disclosed in this talk at Defcon 16), the Warcart was born. Video after the break…
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August 5th, 2008
LiMo Foundation unveiled another wave of handsets using the LiMo Platform. The seven new devices from Motorola, NEC and Panasonic Mobile Communications were launched. The commercially shipping LiMo handsets being announced today are:* MOTOZINE ZN5 from Motorola;* FOMA N906i, FOMA N906i, FOMA N906iL and FOMA N706i from NEC and * FOMA P906i and FOMA P706i from Panasonic Mobile Communications.Several of the latest LiMo handsets include advanced enabling features that herald the forthcoming Mobile 2.0 experience for global consumers. These include international 3G/High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) roaming capabilities, Global Positioning System (GPS), mobile TV and advanced video streaming, secure payment and advanced mail functionalities - all presented through higher-resolution displays and intuitive user interfaces. More details on the new LiMo devices can be found through the Handsets section of http://www.limofoundation.org
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August 5th, 2008
EngadgetMobile informs us that Skype has laid down the bits for 2.2.0.45 or in other words support for Windows Mobile 6.1 Premium (Pocket PC) and Standard (Smartphone). You need a minimum 12MB of free storage memory on your device to install Skype or 6MB free if you are installing from a memory card. In order to use Skype for Windows Mobile, your device must have a high speed wireless Internet connection over WiFi or 3G. Take carefull note that data usage costs apply for using Skype over 3G mobile networks (EDGE, EV-DO and UMTS), so better that unlimited data plan. Download page: Pocket PC: download the .cab fileSmartphone: download the .cab fileGet those bits while they are hot. Skype for Windows Mobile
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August 4th, 2008
Our friend Matt Miller over at ZDNet postulates some sort of a Nokia and Zune mashup. Here is a quote: There have been rumors floating around of a Zune phone and I personally am not that excited about such a device and wonder if many people really are. The latest rumors about the Zune and phones though does seem to make a bit of sense. Zunescene reported that Nokia iw working with the Zune team on integration of Zune Marketplace content. Nokia has a music store, but it is not available in the United States yet and I think if Nokia could get their devices to support the Zune Marketplace they would have a fairly well established library of music content that actually may help sell more Nokia devices in the U.S.http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1330Zunescene has a piece that seems to place this development into further relief with a comment from a well placed source. Nokia is currently working with the Zune team on integration of Zune Marketplace content according to a well placed source within Microsoft. The joint development is directed at content delivery rather than a hardware device according to the source. It has long been assumed by many tech followers that Zune content and software would find it’s way onto Windows Mobile devices, thereby offering competition to the unfortunately popular iPhone. The interesting thing about the Nokia Zune partnership is that Nokia does not support Windows Mobile. It appears Microsoft may be developing a two front war against the iPhone, namely Windows based smart phones and more abundant “non-smart” phones.http://www.zunescene.com/nokia-zune-phone/
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August 4th, 2008
Vuzix Corporation just released the VR920 Version 2.2 Software, expanding the number of VR920 virtual reality supported titles to 62. The v2.2 software provides 3D compatibility for 11 new titles include: * Halo: Combat Evolved* Lord of the Rings Online* Far Cry* Falcon 4.0* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* EverQuest II* Final Fantasy XI* PlanetSide* Spore: Creature Creator* Quake Wards* X-Plane 9.0Additionally, v2.2 software upgrade includes Vuzix 3D Stereoscopy and/or head-tracking expanded support for 20 previously supported games.http://www.vuzix.com/support/downloads_drivers.html
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August 4th, 2008
ASUS announced the availability of two new finishes - lustrous pink and pearlescent white - for its popular Mini Stylish PDA phone, the ASUS P320. …for India.Despite the ‘softer’ colors, the pink and white iterations of the ASUS P320 still feature an impressive array of powerful features. Operating on the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, GPS navigation, EDGE/GPRS and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB connectivity.SpecificationsNetworks : EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Class B, Multi-slot Class 10 Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Color: Black / Pink / White in Asia Pacific RegionsDimensions: 99 x 54.5 x 13.35 mm Weight: 105g (with battery) Standby Time: 200 hrs (varies with different networking environment and scenario) Talk Time: 4 hrs (vary with different networking environment and scenario) Display: 2.6” TFT, Touch Screen 65K color, 240 x 320 pixels Processor: TI OMAP 850 200 MHz Memory: 128 MB Flash ROM + 64 MB DDR RAM Expansion: Slot MicroSD Connectivity: WLAN 802.11b+g, USB v1.1, Bluetooth V2.0+EDR http://in.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=12259
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August 1st, 2008
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